BlockHighview, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Central Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40228. The Survey maps it on the Jeffersontown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1907 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Jeffersontown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Highview in 2001, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highview in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Lightning | Highview | $10,000 | A house fire started due to a lightning strike in the 6700 block of Green Manor Drive. Details of damage were unavailable. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Highview | - | Quarter sized hail was observed near Fern Creek. |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Highview | - | Water was observed over the roadway at the 6300 block of Fegenbush Lane. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highview | - | Broadcast media reported trees down in the area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highview | - | Numerous trees were blown down on the south side of Jefferson county. Emergency management reported 1500 people were without power. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Highview | - | Large hail fell at the Louisville NWS Office. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Highview | - | Large hail fell continuously for 10 minutes at the National Weather Service Office. The largest size was 1.75 inches |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Mill | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hollow Creek | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Smyrna | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hacienda | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Newburg | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fern Creek | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Ashville | 2.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 494226. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.